Thetobaccoboard has fixedcropsize forAndhra Pradeshat 130 million kg for the 2021-22 crop season. The decision was taken at the special board meeting held in virtual mode on Monday. The reasonably decent prices offered by traders for the stock during the current auctionseasonseem to have prompted the board to increase the crop size for the next season, which is nearly 15 million kg increase over last years crop size of 115 million kg.

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The board had trimmed the crop size for bothAPand Karnataka for 2020-21 crop season following the outbreak of Covid-19. But with entire stock produced by growers consumed by the trade in the last two years, the board has decided to revive the crop size in both states.